DOJ 打击 FTX 连接

在正在进行的 FTX 事件的最新进展中，联邦检察官对前 FTX 高管 Ryan Salame 的国内合伙人米歇尔·邦德 (Michelle Bond) 提出指控

The latest development in the ongoing FTX saga sees federal prosecutors charging Michelle Bond, the domestic partner of former FTX executive Ryan Salame, with violating campaign finance laws. This comes just a day after Salame made a last-ditch effort to have his conviction vacated or blocked.

FTX 事件的最新进展是，联邦检察官指控 FTX 前高管 Ryan Salame 的国内合伙人米歇尔·邦德 (Michelle Bond) 违反竞选财务法。就在一天前，萨拉梅为撤销或撤销定罪做出了最后努力。

According to the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, Bond, who unsuccessfully ran for a congressional seat in New York last year, allegedly used $400,000 from the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, where her partner was an executive, to finance her campaign.

据曼哈顿美国检察官办公室称，去年在纽约竞选国会席位失败的邦德据称使用了加密货币交易所 FTX 的 40 万美元来资助她的竞选活动，她的搭档是 FTX 的高管。

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) deemed Bond's actions a clear violation of laws prohibiting corporate contributions to political campaigns. US Attorney Damian Williams said:

美国司法部 (DOJ) 认为邦德的行为明显违反了禁止企业向政治竞选捐款的法律。美国检察官达米安·威廉姆斯说：

“As alleged, Michelle Bond and her co-conspirator romantic partner attempted to fund her campaign for the US House of Representatives by illegally using hundreds of thousands of dollars from corporate coffers, among other sources, and then lying to Congress and others to cover it all up. Misconduct by those campaigning for public office undermines public trust in American elections and in representative government more broadly. This Office is committed to holding elected officials and candidates accountable if they break the law.”

“正如指控的那样，米歇尔·邦德和她的同谋浪漫伴侣试图通过非法使用公司金库等来源的数十万美元来资助她竞选美国众议院议员，然后向国会和其他机构撒谎来掩盖这笔资金都起来了。竞选公职者的不当行为损害了公众对美国选举和更广泛的代议制政府的信任。该办公室致力于追究民选官员和候选人违法的责任。”

While prosecutors did not explicitly name Salame or FTX in their announcement, the connection was clear. Salame, who pleaded guilty last year to making tens of millions of dollars in unlawful campaign contributions to boost causes supported by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, had recently urged a judge to vacate his guilty plea.

虽然检察官在声明中没有明确点名 Salame 或 FTX，但两者之间的联系是显而易见的。 Salame 去年承认为推动 FTX 创始人 Sam Bankman-Fried 支持的事业提供了数千万美元的非法竞选捐款，最近敦促法官撤销他的认罪。

In his court filing, Salame accused prosecutors of reneging on an assurance they would not investigate Bond – whom he described as the mother of his child – if he pleaded guilty.

萨拉姆在法庭文件中指责检察官违背了承诺，如果邦德认罪，他们将不会调查邦德——他称邦德是孩子的母亲。

Prosecutors have seemingly disregarded that promise, expanding their investigation into the web of financial and political entanglements surrounding the collapse of the FTX exchange.

检察官似乎无视这一承诺，将调查范围扩大到围绕 FTX 交易所倒闭的金融和政治纠葛网络。

Bond, also a former cryptocurrency trade group Association for Digital Asset Markets employee, faces four criminal counts, including causing and receiving an unlawful contribution and causing and receiving a straw contribution.

邦德也是前加密货币贸易组织数字资产市场协会的员工，面临四项刑事指控，包括造成和接受非法捐款以及造成和接受秸秆捐款。

The prosecutors have not yet disclosed the bond's sentence date. On the other hand, Salame faces a 7-and-a-half-year prison sentence starting October 13.

检察官尚未透露债券的判决日期。另一方面，Salame 从 10 月 13 日起将面临 7 年半的监禁。

At the time of writing, FTX’s native token FTT is trading at $1.48, posting significant gains of over 13% in the last 24 hours alone, along with a 300% increase in trading volume to $37 million, according to CoinGecko data.

根据 CoinGecko 的数据，截至撰写本文时，FTX 原生代币 FTT 的交易价格为 1.48 美元，仅在过去 24 小时内就大幅上涨了 13% 以上，交易量增长了 300% 至 3700 万美元。

However, the FTT token is down 98% from its all-time high of $84 reached in September 2021, just before the exchange collapsed under the leadership of its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence.

然而，FTT 代币较 2021 年 9 月达到的 84 美元的历史高点下跌了 98%，就在该交易所在前首席执行官 Sam Bankman-Fried（目前正在服刑 25 年徒刑）的领导下倒闭之前。